For the history buff / If you’d rather skip the whole commercialized routine of pink hearts and sugary sweets this year, think about Pupu Theatre: The Encore at Oahu Cemetry. Brought back by popular demand, the event is an interactive ghost tour with five actors. Travel with a group around the cemetery at night, and stop at graves where performers, dressed in period costumes, will play the part of the deceased and share their stories.
This Valentine’s Day, Honolulu Cookie Company’s magical makers are amping up the romance with their seasonal heart-shaped cookies. Sold in eight different packages of the assortments we know and love (the ingredients are exactly the same), at least one of these little shortbread treats is sure to please your sweetheart.
On the rack / When special-needs educators Cyrus Camp and Nicky Rowles moved in together, they quickly filled their apartment with bicycles. And instead of renting a storage locker like other couples probably would have done, they decided to lease a space above a Thai restaurant in Kaimuki and open a bicycle shop.
On Your Tablet / Coco & Apples is a new children’s book series founded by Oahu-bred designer and chef Raynard Oasay and Southern California native and artist Gisselle Barrientos. Hawaii audiences familiar with Japanese pop culture may especially enjoy the illustration style of Coco & Apples.
On the Wall / Get out your textbooks, kids. In this month’s edition of Human Imagination gallery exhibits, “professor” Mark Kushimi–the creative director/editor-in-chief of Contrast magazine–leads the class in a visual course of what’s happening in the local scene.
In Your Closet / Who knew Tucson, Ariz., was so hip? For some inexplicable reason, it’s a mecca for vintage shopping and quirky boutiques.
in your wallet / Take extreme couponing to the, well, extreme with Shawn Dohmen’s iDcard (Isle Discount Card). Introduced a year ago, this one card offers amazing deals at over 100 locations on Oahu (with more added on the outer islands and even Japan).
Made In Hawaii: In Your Arms / We’ve all been through it. We all survived the childhood name-calling doled out by the playground big shots.
Off Your (Pottery) Wheels / Waking up to an irritatingly loud alarm clock in the morning wouldn’t be so bad if you opened your eyes to the sweet sight of a donut clock covered in sugar and lollipops. Dangly earrings in the shape of brightly-colored ice cream cones or a sparkly gummy bear ring are also things to feast your eyes on that will surely brighten your day.
On Your Pedals / When was the last time you rode your bicycle through traffic without nearly getting into an accident? If you have to rack your brain for an answer, it might be a good idea to sign up for Commuter Cycling 101, a free two-hour class held at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.
for the brain / Ah, SATs. High school wouldn’t be complete without you.
Made in Hawai’i / Sweet + funny = delicious? This seems to be the case with Street Frites, Honolulu’s newest street food vendor.
Poetry Winner, Mark Thiel / Mark Thiel’s work has appeared in Mid-American Review, Bamboo Ridge Press, Hawaii Pacific Review and the Hawaii Review, where he was awarded the 2011 Ian MacMillan Poetry Prize. Don’t miss his MIA performance at Fresh Cafe, Mon., 1/16, 7pm. Line Fishing at Mahaulepu, Kauai Here above the shark’s belly, at the umlaut of dirge, alongside the wild metro of cliff vermillion and white eye, the rock crab lowers its golden fingers into the ocean’s rib and joinery.
for the body / There’s a deep community residing in the hula halau taught by different kumu on the island, and we invite you to let the tradition of hula shape your year. Mapuana de Silva’s halau classes are held at Kokokahi YWCA in Kaneohe, and range in price from $40–$50.
on the wall / Behind Fresh Cafe, the Kakaako gallery Loft in Space offers viewers a final chance to check out its current exhibit, “Reel Tawlk” by Patrick Martinez. Inspired by Los Angeles storefronts and the people who frequent them, these new works of fabricated neon signage, video projections and large-scale portraits offer brightly lit conjecture on contemporary topics–largely capitalist queries–with the question of American identity a central bulb to every piece.
Poetry Runner-up, Lilly Barels / The Thirty-First Year It’s still summer and she is out for a late walk: primitive purples, cicada violins. There is voodoo in the moon.
on the body / “We’re just continually drawing, like after surf sessions, just thinking about things. It just kind of comes,” says Roxanne Ortiz of Vers Hawaii, a company that prints organic cotton tees.
Keep your eyes peeled for the winners’ stories and poems in our Jan. 4 and Jan.
A thunderbird in one ear, an agate tusk in the other–this is the essence of the jewelry line, Ginger13, founded in 2004 after Cindy Yokoyama’s love of jewelry turned into a hobby. And that turned into a business, which then turned into an obsession.
Holiday Guide to Haleiwa When’s the last time you spent a day in Haleiwa? There are gifts sprinkled throughout the town that are worth the drive, or a ride on the bus, or the wave you might miss.
Island Wise / Holiday Guide to Kakaako It’s a 600-acre commercial and retail area that spans Piikoi, Ala Moana, Punchbowl and more. In this guide, we focus our sights on Kakaako’s industrial warehouse district, an emerging center for innovative businesses, creative commerce and the idiosyncratic piece of art.
Why not spend an afternoon in Moiliili this holiday season? You’ll eat like a king, find treasures from Nepal, peruse tea leaves, try on dancing shoes, and if you take our advice, you’ll spread enough local love to come back to you three-fold.
Island Wise / With countless new independent shops sporadically popping up, Kailua has become quite the hustling and bustling beachside town. Take a day drip, leave your car parked (for free!) and perhaps consider our suggestions as to how to spend the day.
On the Wall / A 640-square-foot mural is the first permanent piece of Native Hawaiian artwork displayed publicly in the Hawai’i Convention Center. Dozens of collaborators spent over a thousand combined hours on the community mural project, Hawaii Loa Ku Like Kakou.
Made in Hawaii / As you cross off the essentials while over-prepping your Thanksgiving dinner menu this week, consider what you might be missing: pai‘ai. This month, Whole Foods Kahala began selling fresh pai‘ai (undiluted poi) following the legalization–five months ago–of the commercial production of poi.
Given the city’s crumbling infrastructure and rail controversy, it’s hard to believe anyone would want to be the next mayor of Honolulu. But a few do want the job, including the incumbent, Mayor Peter Carlisle, the former Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney who won a 2010 special election to fill the remainder of Mufi Hannemann’s term.
I’d never been to a Honolulu City Council meeting until a few weeks ago. Features, not politics, was my beat.
Victoria Holt Takamine is a kumu hula, a cultural activist and a teacher and has an impeccable pedigree to back up all these titles. Born of an alii family whose kuleana was in Moanalua, she graduated as a hula teacher under the legendary Auntie Maiki Aiu Lake and taught hundreds of students in her own halau (Pua Alii ‘Ilima) and at the University of Hawaii.
On April 25, a state judge dismissed trespassing charges against a Kauai man after finding that he had been exercising traditional native Hawaiian rights hunting wild pigs on private land. Kui Palama, 28, was arrested on Jan.
The city plans to dish out $3.5 million from its Affordable Housing Fund and either purchase or renovate a structure to provide transitional housing for Honolulu’s special needs homeless population. “Our community has invested considerable effort and resources in addressing homelessness,” Mayor Peter Carlisle said in a statement, “but there remains a population whose disabilities or chronic conditions make it difficult for them to participate in traditional shelter programs.” Carlisle is referring to those homeless with mental illnesses, addictions and physical disabilities.
Makaweli Poi faces an uncertain future after its owner, a corporate subsidiary of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) ordered the West Kauai mill to suspend operations May 23. Mona Bernardino, chief operating officer of the corporation, Hiipoi LLC, says the move to shut down Makaweli Poi was prompted mainly by financial concerns.
A resolution adopted by the City Council will solidify an agreement between the City and County of Honolulu and the University of Hawaii Water Resources Research Center (UH-WRRC) to conduct an analysis of impacts from ocean sewer outfalls on the marine environments off of Oahu. The city will pay UH-WRRC as much as $2.5 million for biological and sediment studies in portions between now and June 30, 2017 .
Along with the deep, verdant growth of spring sprouts an unyielding desire to spend more time in the open air. That’s why it should come as no surprise that National Bike Month falls in the sun-drenched time of May.
Of the many letters you publish against rail, how many offer an alternative that won’t send us into further economic demise? Billions of gallons of oil are imported for us from every oil-producing nation on this planet so that we can buy billions of gallons of gasoline.
TheBus is taking a back seat to rail. At the May 3 Downtown Neighborhood Board meeting, an audience member asked city Transportation Director Wayne Yoshioka when we could expect the bus route cancellations and changes to be reversed.
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